The funding will see Royston working in local partnership with Newcastle University and ferry operator Nexus to look at ways to decarbonise the operations of the cross-Tyne Shields Ferry service, which transports 500,000 passengers annually across the River Tyne between North Shields and South Shields.<\/p>\n
Bijan Younessi, technical manager at Royston, said: \u201cFleet operators across the globe are investing in advanced digital solutions to boost vessel performance to help decarbonise the marine industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a unique opportunity to combine relevant experience and knowledge to transform the carbon footprint of the Tyne ferry service and capture data that can be shared with other similar services across the country, maximising the impact of our work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Project scope<\/strong><\/p>\n The CLEANFERRY project aims to quantify the carbon footprint of the ferries\u2019 existing propulsion systems and assess the viability and cost benefits of retrofitting or upgrading these with advanced technology to deliver efficiency savings, lower carbon emissions and improve fuel consumption.<\/p>\n It will combine the in-service Electronic Fuel Monitoring System (EFMS) capabilities of Royston with Newcastle University\u2019s marine research expertise and the vessel operational and public service experience of ferry operator, Nexus.<\/p>\n CLEANFERRY is part of the Government\u2019s wider Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, with a \u00a320m package, designed to position the UK at the forefront of green shipbuilding and maritime technology. This is also supporting 55 projects across the UK including initiatives in Scotland, Northern Ireland, as well as across England.<\/p>\n A key aim is to support the research, design and development of zero emission technology and infrastructure solutions for maritime and to accelerate decarbonisation in the sector.<\/p>\n The scope of work will see the installation of a state-of-the-art monitoring system to provide baseline emissions\u2019 readings in line with the UK\u2019s clean maritime plan – which identifies ways to tackle air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions – and review the feasibility and impact of compatible technical and operational solutions to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions. This will be followed by the creation of a route map for a follow-up technology solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A UK marine engineering and propulsion specialist has secured Government funding to examine new green river ferry technologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,8],"tags":[194,37,144,193,141],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-cleanferry","tag-decarbonisation","tag-ferries","tag-royston","tag-short-sea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}